Burrow glamping accommodation in the Derbyshire Dales rejected
Plans which included a Hobbit style house have been refused due to a lack of public tranport and the impact of the site on the landscape.
Members of the Derbyshire Dales District Council planning committee refused the plans, which would have seen a range of glamping accommodation built at Horsley House Farm, north of Ashbourne.
At a meeting this week, councillors decided that the applicant should be sent back to review their plans and come back with a more “modest” scheme, possibly with less accommodation that is more concealed.
If approved, the scheme, at Bradbourne, would include three safari tents, a yurt, “pigeon loft”, burrow, shepherd’s hut and a treehouse.
The Hobbit-hole style “burrow” would be built in a wildflower meadow and would be dug into the existing bank and buried into the hillside, with concrete walls and a grass roof.
It would have wooden windows and a wooden door along with a one-metre square skylight, and would have two bedrooms.